Banff, Alberta, Canada situated in the middle of the majestic Canadian Rocky Mountains played host to 150 enthusiastic Kyokushin Karate members from various parts of the world.
    The 4th North American & International Kyokushin Karate Black Belt Conference was held on October 8th, 9th and 10th at the world famous Banff Centre. Participants for Canada, United States, Singapore, Scotland, and the Ukraine converged for 3 days of Kyokushin training with three top Kyokushin Karate instructors: Kancho Shokei Matsui, Shihan Bobby Lowe and Shihan Seiji Isobe.  (Info from www.kyokushin.ca )

Read the Report by Sensei Jan Tereszczenko

Official Results:

      On November 6th in Westerbachhalle (Frankfurt am Main) International German Open Championships were held. Tournament gathered 49 competitors from 9 countries. There was 250 spectators. Competition was held in 7 standard categories. Organiser of the championships was chief of Frankfurt Kyokushin sensei Slawomir Urbanczyk. Main judge was German Country Representative Christoph Fischer. EKKO supervisor was General Secretary Shihan Andre Drewniak.

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     The 7th Kyokushin Festival was held on August 29th in Kyoto's Budo Center. The 6th All Japan Women and Senior Championships, The 3rd All Japan Kata Championships, The 5th All Japan Senior and The 6th All Japan Women Kata Championships as well as The 4th All Japan Students Championships were played simultaneously on 6 tatami courts. Tournament gathered 231 participants and was officially opened by Kancho Shokei Matsui.
     Three European karateka took part in this event: Jana Korinkova from Czech Republic finished 4th in women middleweight category and Andrzej Zacharski from Poland entered "best 6" in Kata. In the special One Match Fight Alejandro Navarro challenged Japanese ace - Kentaro Tanaka. Talented fighter from Spain again showed an excellent performance in each of the three round battle. One of his flashy kicks reached Tanaka's face, but it was not enough to get the point and after all judges decided of Tanaka's victory.

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  Double DVD (5 hours total length) is now ready
  for sending !

  Price: 33 Euro inluding tax

  Contact: Sensei Christoph Fischer
  e-mail: senseifischer@web.de